When you open a document in Microsoft Office Word 2007 that was created in Microsoft Office Word 2003, Word 2002, or Word 2000, Compatibility Mode is turned on, and you see Compatibility Mode in the title bar of the document window. Compatibility Mode ensures that no new or enhanced features in Office Word 2007 are available while you are working with a document, so that people who are using previous versions of Word will have full editing capabilities.

You can work in Compatibility Mode or you can convert your document to the Office Word 2007 file format. Converting your document allows you to access the new and enhanced features in Office Word 2007. However, people who are using previous versions of Word may be prevented from or have difficulty editing certain portions of the document that were created by using new or enhanced features in Office Word 2007.

Work in Compatibility Mode

When you open a Word 97–2003 document in Office Word 2007, Compatibility Mode is turned on, and you see Compatibility Mode in the title bar of the document window. In Compatibility Mode, you can open, edit, and save Word 97–2003 documents but you won’t be able to use any of the new Office Word 2007 features.

Document elements that behave differently in Compatibility Mode

The following elements will be permanently changed when you are working in Compatibility Mode, and you cannot convert them to Office Word 2007 elements even if you convert your document later.

The following document elements will be changed when you are working in Compatibility Mode, but you can convert them to Office Word 2007 elements if you convert your document later.

Convert a document to Office Word 2007

1.     Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Convert.

2.     In the Microsoft Office Word dialog box, click OK.

3.     Do one of the following:

§  To replace the original file with a file in the Office Word 2007 file format, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Save.

§  To save the original document in its original file format and create another document in the Office Word 2007 file format, click the Microsoft Office Button, click Save As, and then type a new name for the file.

This text is adapted from Help Section of MS Word 2007.

Joke 1

The metalworker was very proud when his son went off to college. He came to tour the school on Parents’ Day, and observed his son hard at work in the chemistry lab. “What are you working on?” he asked.

“A universal solvent,” explained the son, “a solvent that’ll dissolve anything.”

The metalworker whistled, clearly impressed, and asked, “What’ll you keep it in?”

Joke 2

How do you explain counterclockwise to a kid who grew up with a digital watch?

Joke 3

The young woman fresh out of agricultural college looked the whole farm over and then pronounced the farmer’s methods of cultivation hopelessly out-of-date and inefficient. “Why, I’d be amazed if you got even ten pounds of apples off that tree,” she concluded decisively, pointing at a gnarled old fruit tree.

“It’d sure surprise me too,” commented the old farmer. “It’s a pear tree.”

Joke 4

A sad thing happened at the museum the other day. They replaced that statue The Thinker—with a computer.

Joke 5

It was considered a great step forward in civil aviation when the first fully automated flight was ready for its maiden transcontinental journey. Bigwigs of every sort were shown to their seats and served champagne cocktails by cyborg hostesses, while hundreds of airline employees waved from the runway. Suddenly, the engine snapped on and the plane made a perfect takeoff into the cloudless sky.

A silky, mechanical voice came over the plan’s speaker system a few minutes later. “Welcome aboard this historic flight, ladies and gentlemen, and simply press the call button if you would like more champagne to be served by one of our robot attendants. Even those of you who may have been anxious about flying in the past can now relax in the knowledge that this flight is free from the possibility of human error. Every aspect—altitude, air pressure, course setting, weather conditions—is being continuously monitored by state of-the-art computer circuitry, so virtually nothing can go wrong . . . go wrong . . . go wrong. . .”

Joke 6

When the phone rang at the small electronics manufacturer at 7:30 in the morning, the only person there was the night watchman. It was Commander Ratchet at the naval base, who barked, “I need some information and I need it ASAP. What’s the resistance rating and total inverse payload of your model RS476-KY-4719 unit?”

Silence on the line.

“You there,” bellowed the officer, “don’t you know anything about your own equipment?”

“Listen, Commander,” the guard responded at last, “you found out everything I know about electronics when I picked up the phone.”

Joke 7

Mrs. Jenkins prided herself on being an innovative, progressive mother, and one of her daughter’s particularly annoying habits was to request the same goodnight story, night after night after night. So she was delighted by a sudden brainstorm. That night she recorded her rendition of “Cinderella,” and the following night simply directed her daughter’s attention to the Play switch.

This worked for several nights, but then Lindsay thrust the storybook firmly into her mother’s hands.

“Now sweetheart, you know how to work the tape recorder,” Mrs. Jenkins reminded her.

“Yes I do,” said Lindsay, “but I can’s sit on its lap.”